Game apparatus.



No. 706,873., Patented Aug. l2, I902.

J,- S. AKERMAN. GAME APPARATUS.

(Application filed Dgo, 11,1900.)

(No Medal.)

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SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 706,873, dated August12, 1902. Application filed December 11,1900. Serial No. 89,511. (Nomodel) To (ti/Z whom, it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, JOHN SUTHERLAND AKERMAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of San Diego, in the county of San Diego andState of California, have invented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved gameapparatus which is simple and durable in construction, more especiallydesigned for use as parlor clock-golf, arranged to afford amusement toplayers, and requiring considerable skill on the part of the operator tosuccessfully play the game.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both theviews.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the improvement, and Fig. 2 is a sectionalside elevation of the same.

The improved game apparatus consists, essentially, of a board or tableA, preferably made circular, a rim B rising above the face of the boardor table, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 2. On the upper face of thetable are arranged starting-points 0, located in a cirale andconsecutively numbered by numerals D, arranged the same as the dial of aclock, as will be readily understood by reference to placed on astartingpropelled from the same by a F, such as a miniature golf- Fig.1.A ball E is point and is suitable tool stick, from the starting-pointtoward a hole G, arranged in the board or table A within the circlecontaining the starting-point O. The hole G connects with a receptacleII for receiving and retaining the ball after it has dropped through thehole.

In using the game apparatus a player starts in with the ball E at thestarting-point C opposite the numeral 1 and then uses the tool F forpropelling the ball with as few strokes as possible to the hole G. Thisoperation is repeated from the several startingpoints in rotation, andthe player after having started the ball from all the points in thecircle and having made the least number of strokes has won-the game.

From the foregoing it is evident that the players may successively playfrom each starting-point, or one player may play a ball from all thestarting-points in succession before the next player follows in the samemanner.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent A game apparatus,comprisinga board having acircular series of numbered startingpoints arranged adjacent to its edgeor periphery, and a hole or pocket located in the board at a distancefrom the center thereof adjacent to one of said starting-points.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN SUTHERLAND AKERMAN.

Witnesses:

T. J. STOREY, SAM FERRYSMITH.

